Academic Research
Presentation | American Association for Public Opinion Research 2013 Annual Conference
[05.21.2013]Research Director Daniel Cox presented PRRI’s innovative analysis on white working-class Americans at the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Annual Conference.
Presentation | New Battle Lines Over Religious Liberty
[06.20.2012]On July 14, Dr. Robert P. Jones gave a presentation on Americans’ positions on the increasingly fraught issue of religious liberty: New Battle Lines Over Religious Liberty from Public Religion Research Institute
Presentation | Mormon Presidents and Mosques Next Door
[05.23.2012]At this year’s AAPOR conference, PRRI Research Director Daniel Cox presented a paper evaluating American attitudes toward religious minorities in 2012. Observing that Americans’ perspectives on Mormons, Muslims, and their faith have been a prominent feature of the political debate over the past year, Mr. Cox explored questions about whether white evangelical Protestants, a crucial part of the Republican constituency, will support a candidate whose religion they view as being… more
Book Chapter | Faith and Race in American Political Life
[09.04.2011]Synopsis Two defining elements of American political life are race and religion. These do not work in isolation but, rather, are constantly in conversation with one another. Indeed, in U.S. history each category has effectively been employed to make meaning of the other, often recreating American politics in the process. Through the intersection of race and religion Americans define political and personal identities, cultural affiliations, and political and religious institutions—all… more
Book Chapter | Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics
[06.30.2011]Synopsis In response to a variety of critical intellectual currents (post-colonial, post-modern, and post-liberal) scholars in Christian theology and ethics are increasingly taking up the tools of ethnography as a means to ask fundamental moral questions and to make more compelling and credible moral claims. Privileging particularity, rather than the more traditional effort to achieve universal or at least generalizable norms in making claims regarding the Christian life, echoes the… more
Book Chapter | Faith, Politics, and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States
[04.30.2011]Synopsis The recent agitation of lesbians, gays, and other sexual minorities for political recognition has provoked a heated response among religious activists, many of whom fear that moral decay is a necessary accompaniment to the public recognition of sexual diversity. In this remarkable comparative study, expert authors explore the tenacity of anti-gay sentiment, as well as the dramatic shifts in public attitudes towards gay and lesbian groups across all faith… more
Presentation | New Strategies for Measuring Spirituality and Progressive Religiosity
[05.14.2010]New Measurement Strategies for Religion: Spirituality and Progressive Religiosity Citation Robert P. Jones and Daniel Cox, “New Strategies for Measuring Spirituality and Progressive Religiosity,” American Association of Public Opinion Research, Chicago, May 14, 2010.
Conference Paper | Measuring the Unaffiliated in Survey Research
[06.16.2009]Non-believers, Seculars, the Un-churched and the Unaffiliated: Who are Non-religious Americans and How do we Measure them in Survey Research This paper was presented at the annual conference of the American Association of Public Opinion Research in May 2009. The bulk of research conducted by public opinion scholars on the subject of religion and politics has consistently focused on the largest religious groups: Catholics, white evangelical Protestants, black Protestants and white mainline… more